Advice on changing my current old heating and water timer.

[Dale harris]

Hi

I am living in a rented house but the central heating and water timer is only a 24hour one, which isnt suitable for my family. I am looking to change this to a modern one and was wondering if anybody can offer advice on if it is a simple job to change. It is a fairly old system with whats called a back boiler i think. I want to change this timer and the thermostat. The thermostat isnt in the best place so i want one that is wireless and can be put in the appropriate room.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Im a novice if you hadnt already guessed.

Thanks
Dale

 

[king of pipes]

Yes it's a pretty straight forward job but you may want to consider upgrading the way your heating and hot water is controlled aswell ie via zone valves I would recommend you contact a local reputable installer . Cheers kop

 

[Harvest Fields]

Yes it's a pretty straight forward job but you may want to consider upgrading the way your heating and hot water is controlled aswell ie via zone valves I would recommend you contact a local reputable installer . Cheers kop

It’s rented mate. Landlord probably will not pay out for all that to be done.

 

[Gasmk1]

randal 102e is straight swap

 

[Gasmk1]

http://heating.danfoss.com/PCMPDF/2754v05.pdf

 

[Gasmk1]

new room stat if you are competent at electrics is an easy swap and not too expensive

 

[king of pipes]

You better get the landlords permission before doing anything as Harvest has pointed out you are in a rented property, and if anything was to go wrong you will be in trouble. Kop

 

[townfanjon]

Yes still available but they are expensive compared to others. But defo talk to the landlord !!!

 

[Dale harris]

Thanks for the replies everybody. The landlord won't pay for the repairs for definite. We struggle with the basics. I would probably pay for it to.be replaced with his permission because the current system does not work. I was spending over £150 a month in December for gas and electricity with the heating only been on for a few hours a day. The house needs lots of money spending on it. Thanks for the replies once again.

 

[Best]

Thanks for the replies everybody. The landlord won't pay for the repairs for definite. We struggle with the basics. I would probably pay for it to.be replaced with his permission because the current system does not work. I was spending over £150 a month in December for gas and electricity with the heating only been on for a few hours a day. The house needs lots of money spending on it. Thanks for the replies once again.

If the timer does not work properly, it is your landlords responsibility to have it sorted at their expense!
You could put this in writing to the landlord/agent and if they refuse then I would suggest take the money out of the rent for a reasonable cost of the new parts

 

[Dale harris]

The timer works but it only has 2 timer options for a 24 hour period which doesn't function is a modern busy life. The thermostat is behind the behind the kitchen door and there is a lot of draught during the winter months so to heat the kitchen the door has to be open which keeps the heating on because of where the thermostat is positioned but in my eyes that is just putting heat straight out of the back door. Last year you could see your breath in the kitchen with the heating on and the door closed. The trouble is the landlord doesn't want to spend money. They have only just fitted a co2 detector which is legally required, we have lived here a year.

 

[Rob Foster]

oh dear I remember fitting Randall 102 when new